Alex
AI coding assistant for Xcode
Alex is an AI assistant built for iOS and Swift development inside Xcode. It addresses common development tasks such as fixing Swift errors and Xcode issues, completing code, searching a project, and handling agent-driven work like adding Swift packages, running terminal commands, and launching an app in Simulator.
Its features include Autofix Errors, autocomplete, inline code replacements via ⌘+K, sending selected lines from Xcode to chat via ⌘+L, auto-adding SPM packages, semantic codebase search, a web search agent, terminal command execution, and an image-to-code generator for Swift and UIKit. Alex can run local models through Ollama and LM Studio, and supports OpenAI-compatible endpoints; code embeddings are stored locally.
Alex is aimed at iOS developers working in Xcode. Pricing is organized into individual and team plans, with a Pro edition offering a monthly chat credit allowance plus optional credit top-ups and a 7-day free trial, and an Unlimited edition with unlimited chat credits and a one-device limit.
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